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https://www.oeta.tv/shows/oklahoma-news-report/
Feb 3 2023, 15 minutes into broadcast
RENTIESVILLE and the BLUES FEST on OETA!
OUR VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE!
D.C. & Selby Minner
ORIGINAL MUSIC with slideshows!
>>Love Will Come On Time
>> https://youtu.be/HVzjFEk-KKU
>> I Want To Thank You 4 Lovin Me ttps://youtu.be/FO2ZB_RFWCw
35 tunes up now and 35 more to come soon!
Find “I Heard You Twice the First Time’, “Love is a Dream For 2” and many more!!!
also please check
RENTIESVILLE BLUES FEST #32, Sept 2, 3, 4 2022
MORE INFO: OUR email list> CLICK HERE
Rentiesville Blues Festival number 31 is Sept 3, 4, and 5 2021!
| WHAT: | Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival #31 |
| WHEN: | Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun 5 pm til 5 am each night. |
| WHO: | a virtual showcase of 22 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. |
| What’s Cool, What’ Not: | Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food. |
| HOW MUCH: | $18/night, kids under 12 free |
| CONTACT: | (918) 855-0978 selbyminner@gmail.com, www.dcminnerblues.com, 103020 D.C. Minner St (Rentiesville) Checotah OK 74426 facebook: Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival CLICK > to get on EMAIL LIST |
| Volunteer Option: | It takes a lot of people to do this – so we have a great deal for volunteers! Help us out for three hours before or during the event,,,you get in that night free and a 1/2 off ticket on a T Shirt |
MOTELS:
Muskogee is 17 miles north of here, straight up US 69. Many hotels and motels are up there!!! Check out our HOST HOTEL, the HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
the CANDLEWOOD (formerly Studio 6) and the
AMERICA’S BEST VALUE INN at the south (closest) end of town
IN CHECOTAH THE WALNUT INN (used to be America’s Best Value)
Facebook us at https://www.facebook.com/SelbyMinner, OR https://www.facebook.com/Rentiesville-Dusk-Til-Dawn-Blues-Festival-271942189500394 OR https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1661776864
Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame 2021
INDUCTEES
LINKS: wall photos & certificates
check www.dcminnerblues.com/about
This year’s Induction Event will be at the OK Blues Hall of Fame in Rentiesville on Saturday May 29th, 2 pm on. Ongoing music and Bar-B-Que… it will be held OUTSIDE w VOLUNTARY SOCIAL DIST. 918 855 0978, selbyminner@gmail.com FRIENDS of RENTIESVILLE BLUES inc.
and….. LAST YEAR’S VIRTULA FESTIVAL Dusk til Dawn #30 Virtual
>>LiNKS 2020 Blues Fest on line
https://www.youtube.com/user/SelbyMinnerBlues
LINKS to D.C.’s ‘JUKE JOINT IN CYBER SPACE!’:
SO you can
‘PLAY IT AGAIN, SAM!!!’ yay!
COMPLETE 3 nights
( please sCROLL PAST FIRST HOUR OF EACH NIGHT’S SHOW TO GET TO THE ACTUAL VIDEOS)
LINK>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz4yltuI7mc&list=PL9m29AE7sT2V9n-DIqU07gOkHQ_Rbj1P0
FRIDAY SHOW Video
>> https://youtu.be/8sQrnOEhrIE
Saturday Video link >> https://youtu.be/lz4yltuI7mc?t=945
SUNDAY SHOW Video link >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOhiom5JAcA
#HOPEinOK, #OKHumanities, @OKHumanities, and @NEHgov
the PAGE is at www.youtube.com/user/selbyminnerblues
if you have the technology you could set up three video centers in three rooms of your house, and play them all at once(!) and have three stages running at one time just like here during the actual festival (!) …just a joke!
JUKE JOINT IN CYBERSPACE!
RedCat Studio Preview of Virtual Festival to air soo
Click here to receive festival updates on performers and lineup and other upcoming events and news.
LINEUP
Juke Joint in CyberSpace Sept 4, 5, 6, 2020!
LINEUP
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW
Renteisville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival # 30 Virtual 45 sets 35 artists
Radio Tulsa IDL
LINE UP FRIDAY, SEPT 4th 2020
5 pm one hour video honoring our sponsors– music by …. D.C. & Selby Minner
THEN VIDEOS OF BANDS:
59:00 Rock’in Rick & Selby Minner
1:02:14 Harold Aldridge Jr. Tahlequah
1:37:50 Tony Mathews Checotah, Hollywoood CA
2:02:22 Cecil Gray Tara Elgin OK
2:42:15 Knut Roppestad Shiverbone, Muskogee Blues Explosion Norway
2:49:31 Bronko Cowboy Blues Show Checotah OK
3:06:49 Bebo McDaniel Trio McAlester OK
3:54:19 Homer Johnson, Stretch Moon Tulsa, Wagoner
3:58:54 Blackwell Brothers Dunsmuir CA (Harry and Debbie Blackwell)
4:44:38 Craig Vaughan Tulsa
5:07:03 Oklahoma Ollie
5:20:00 Dustin Pittsley Tulsa
6:04:50 John White Okmulgee
6:20:37 Roger Hurricane Wilson Georgia
6:34:36 Kid’s Village Slideshow
LINKS fb OBHOF, OR YouTube.com/Rentiesville OK Dusk til Dawn Blues Fest
on Radio Tulsa IDL
LINE UP SATURDAY, Sept 5th D
.C. Minner Tribute
14:06 Checotah High School Jazz Band Jim Davis, Roger Hurricane Wilson, Selby Minner
35:52 D’Elegantz Kenny Diggs Tulsa, Pennsylvania
1:32:07 Kelvin Drake Mr. Guitar Band OKC
2:22:41 Tim Austin Mitchell Enid OK, Spain
3:19:38 FORD ad
3:20:55 Selby Minner RI, CA, Rentiesville RocknRick Patterson KC MO
3:26:20 Slick Willie Lawson and Poochie Love LA, CA, Perkins Tryon
4:08:52 Watermelon Slim MA, OK, Clarksdale MS
5:08:53 CD AD for Selby & Rockn’Rick Patterson
5:10::27 Johnny Rawls Purvis MS
5:56:59 John White
6:08:03 Wonda Macon- Sunset OKC
3:48:40 Leon Rollerson Tulsa
7:21:10 Kevin Vaughn Back-Up Blues Band Dallas
including CDs Rentiesville Juke Joint Live
Full Moon Over Rentiesville
I Can Tell
Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival # 30 Virtual 45 sets 35 artists
in the House at YOUR House! Juke Joint in CyberSpace
YouTube.com/Rentiesville OK Dusk til Dawn Blues Fest
on Radio Tulsa IDL
LINE UP SUNDAY, SEPT 6th 2020
5 pm one hour video honoring our sponsors– music by …. D.C. & Selby Minner
1:00:00 Kelvin Drake Mr. Guitar OKC
1:28:08 UNIQUE Gospel Singers Tulsa
2:01:14 Mike Kern St Louis Blues and Bonnie McCoy – Slide Show
2:23:53 Pat Moss with Tony Mathews Tahlequah, Checotah
3:00:00 D.C. & Selby Minner Blues on The Move
3:30:34 Maurice Allen Lee Norman OK, Germany
3:47:55 Selby Minner & RockinRick Patterson
4:15:32 CD ad
4:16:10 Danny Timms CA, OK
5:15:30 Ford AD
5:16:50 Walter Taylor lll The Doctor OKC
5:34:54 Uncle Bump aka Griffith Torres
5:41:24 Fillmore Slim New Orleans, San Francisco
6:34:17 Eric ‘Little Brother’ Walker
7:08:00 Homer Johnson, Stretch Moon jam
7:13:20 Roger ‘Hurricane’ Wilson from Georgia
7:33:36 Miss Blues Paris Texas, OKC OK
7:41:35 Johnny Rawls Purvis MS
7 hrs 46 minutes
FESTIVAL with a DIFFERENCE
Major Grant Support from the OK ARTS COUNCIL, and the H.O.P.E. Grant from OKLAHOMA HUMANITIES Council, support from FORD, Mike Kern Foundation and donations from Cheryl O’Grady and Tom Yearnshaw, The Schrivers, and Karen Drewery, sister of Mike Kern, Hilary and Ron Conley
Tony Mathews, friends and D’Elegantz
Looking at a collection of Blues Records: “It took me a decade to find that those records told a story: Every voice, every title is telling you the story of Afro-American history. I really latched onto that idea. And I went back and started listening to the blues.” Amiri Baraka also known as LeRoi Jones, author of Blues People published in 1963
Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame 2020
<<<INDUCTION PRESS RELEASE click above or.. for bios go CLICK HERE
WALL PHOTOS OF 2020 INDUCTEES! <CLICK HERE!(includes lineup for Sat JUNE 20th )
(918) 855-0978 yes. 2 pm til midnight, open on JUNE 20th, 2020 …socially distanced, outside event…. BUT not for the Festival
… (see his complete bio below in this release)
OKLAHOMA MUSIC COMMUNITY BUILDER with his Blu Fonk Movement; building community and helping others while growing a love of Deep Blues.
North West Oklahoma Connection:
‘SLICK WILLIE’ LAWSON
Stillwater, Perkins …You may remember we inducted Poochie a few years back. She sings and brings a party when she comes…the consummate guitarist behind her was her brother Slick Willie Lawson! High School math teacher.
TIM AUSTIN MITCHELL Enid OK: kin to the famed Opera Singer Leona Mitchell Tim is a very adept musician and tours regularly on the road with the top R & B artists of our times. Also a solo artist with a great CD.
Closer to HOME:
TAMMY ‘BAM BAM’ GLIDEWELL RIDGEWAY Drums, Tahlequah …15 years with Miss ‘Mama’ Blues ..Dorothy Ellis. Power drummer!
BOZ SCAGGS TX, McAlester OK, CA Toured with Steve Miller and has a long string of his own hits… we just found out this famed recording artist is qualified for an induction as he DID actually live in McAlester for a time as a child! Lucky us to be able to put him on the wall and give him a trophy!
The MUSKOGEE Connection:
LAWRENCE WRIGHT & the
Simply the Best CLICK HERE to see D.C. talk about this ON TV
On Labor Day weekend, join other blues-lovers at the one of the best festivals in the world, according to “National Geographic Traveler.”
Non-stop music from dusk ‘til dawn on three stages, arts and activities just for kids, great food including barbecue, and a down-home, family-friendly noncommercial vibe draws people from all over to this small-town festival in eastern Oklahoma!
Now in its 30th year, you will feel at home from the moment you arrive. If you want a a dose of authentic, this is the place! Festival photos
Quotes, praise
A Home of the Blues
on the internet send us your email to be IN the LOOP
Inductions will be in June , outside on Saturday the 20th, 21st is the raindate
September 4, 5, 6 ...CLICK HERE FOR updates on the lineup and the inductees as we pull it together!
The Down-Homes Blues Club not only hosts the annual festival, but is home to the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame and Museum. It’s the place to learn about the history of the blues and the 100 musicians who have been honored by induction.
Club events include the blues hall of fame induction concert each spring, and periodic concerts and jam sessions.
The Down Home Blues Club was established in the 1930s as a speakeasy in Rentiesville, Oklahoma, an historic all-black town. It was rejuvenated in the 1980s by DC Minner, legendary bluesman, who grew up there and dedicated his life to bringing the music he loved back to his childhood home.
A well-known bluesman and session player, D.C. was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame in 1999 . With his wife Selby Minner and their band Blues on the Move, DC expanded the place, and kept the juke joint rockin’ until his death in 2008. Today Selby Minner is keeping the music alive for the next generations.
A REVIEW FROM THE OK BLUES CLUB ABOUT 1994 – Origins of the band, a love story:
The group has struggled with not being commercially marketable, since they are a racially mixed couple. Not being ones to wait around too long for good fortune to strike, they have carved their own niche in the Blues world.
From booking tours themselves and opening their own night club, they went on to establish Oklahoma’s premier Blues roots fest, the Dusk ’til Dawn Blues Festival. Held every Labor Day weekend in Rentiesville, it features three or four world-class Blues acts and showcases the Oklahoma Blues tradition with over 30 bands! The Texas Road Recording label is their latest venture. They are on the Oklahoma State Arts Council, both as touring artists and artists in residence.
The pair opens the club through the summer months and does Blues in the schools, tours and recording in the winter. In February and March of 1994, the band toured Europe, including Belgium, Holland and England.
Check out this Blues master and his bass player – funky, ingratiating vocals – great guitar work – a Blues Sound of their own!
D.C. and Selby Minner sing Shaky Ground on the Travelok website https://www.travelok.com/music-trail/artists/d-c-minner
click here for State Travel page on us https://www.travelok.com/music-trail/artists/d-c-minner
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Our busy season is May to October
..Currently we are OPEN ONLY ON FIRST SUNDAYS at 6 PM
.. IT IS AN OUTDOOR JAM SESSION weather permitting ? call 918 855 0978
Click here for a map
Birthplace of Blues Legend D.C. Minner, he and his wife/bassist Selby came in off 12 years of touring with their band blues on the move and created the
The Down Home Blues club (1988). . Dusk Til dawn Festival (1991)
. . Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame (2004). . . D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum (2015) & the FOR Blues Society – you can join!
Oklahoma’s Lowell Fulson was also the greatest of the West Coast Blues artists.
To learn about the Native American’s immense contribution to Rock and Blues Check out the movie RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked The World ! POSTCARD 1 back DD 29 – available on Amazon Prime
check out — D.C. Minner’s DUSK TIL DAWN BLUES FESTIVAL
EVERY LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2019 dates are August 30, 31, & Sept 1
We made the cut! Top Ten!
“10 Awesome Music Festivals to Check Out this Summer” from the National Geographic! We were the only North American Festival chosen!
MORE ON THE BLUES FESTIVAL http://dcminnerblues.com/about/
double click any image to get hi res version – bigger!!
where: GPS coordinates are EW1030 and NS423 mail to 103020 D.C. Minner Street Checotah OK 7 4426
Google maps at at Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame they may tell you “Corner of John Hope Franklin Blvd or Gertrude Av at 11 th Street–Same place …all right here in RENTIESVILLE! Events:
FREE Camping (must have a wristband) Electric Hookups for RVs are available 918 855 0978
Kari Barber did a great documentary on the OK Black Towns called Struggle and Hope
PRESS RELEASE Selby @ (918) 855-0978 
Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival 2018- 28th Annual 2018 www.dcminnerblues.com selbyminner@gmail.com f book DC Minner Rentiesville Museum OR Rentiesville Dusk Til Dawn Blues Festival we are @ I – 40 / US 69 . 70 mi SE of Tulsa, 125 Mi E of OKC Fri Sat Sun of Labor Day Weekend August 31 – September 2, 2018 5 pm til 5 am $18/ day @ gate Kids Free under 12
Down Home Blues, Oklahoma Style – 200 musicians; 30 actson 3 stages; a showcase of regional OK blues and 4 international headliners; Kids free – Kid’s Village; volunteer 3 hours, get in free and ½ off on a T shirt; come join the fun! Mark your calendar for Labor Day Weekend; come to the longest running big blues fest in OK, held at The Authentic Juke Joint for the Millennium! Presented by F.O.R. Blues Inc., Selby Minner, the D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum, and the best VOLUNTEERS and SPONSORS.
The festival takes place in Rentiesville, the childhood home of famed blues guitarist D.C. Minner, who founded the OBHOF in 2004 with his wife, Selby Minner. This year’s blues festival again brings in 200 performers from across Oklahoma and the US. D.C. Minner, in 6 Halls of Fame, is also an inductee of the Rhythm & Routes Oklahoma Music Trail. Visit the Rhythm & Routes website to learn more about the places in Oklahoma that inspired his career, listen to his music and browse an online collection of photos and videos. “The Oklahoma Film + Music Office (OF + MO) is thrilled for the continued success of the OBHOF” said OF + MO Deputy Director of Music Lindsey Flowers. “As an honoree on the Rhythm and Routes Oklahoma Music Trail, D.C. Minner has brought national attention to Oklahoma’s legendary blues music culture and this year’s Rentiesville celebrations will continue to honor his legacy.”
Selby Minner Blues on the Move
from our friends at the The Blues Festival Guide.com:
As the basis for American music, the rhythms and musical progressions of blues music has had a public following since the early 20th century. As time progressed, the sounds of blues music have been altered, expanded, and often renamed. The basis of rock ‘n roll, hip hop, rap, heavy metal, and jazz all have a genesis in blues music. To ensure the continued survival of an audience for blues music and expand the financial opportunities for blues and it’s life blood festivals The Blues Festival Guide is committed to the process of outreach and a search for methods to present blues to a wider public.
Blues Music… Sometimes sad, lonely and mournful, but in other cases fully energized and bursting with electric-guitar-fueled vigor, blues is one of the most powerful, influential and popular musical styles to have risen during the last few centuries.
The song structure is simple – much of classic blues is based around a three-chord, 12-bar progression that leaves room for boundless improvisation – and it serves as a foundation for much of today’s popular music.
Today it’s still being picked on the front porches of tar-paper shacks, but it’s just as frequently fired up loud and proud in front of a barroom (or for that matter stadium) crowd. In either case though, it remains a music that reflects hardship, trouble and strife, but also perseverance and strength of character – to know the blues is to be in touch with your true spirit and soul.
Notable artists include: B.B. King, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Etta James, Buddy Guy, Delbert McClinton, Robert Johnson, Willie Dixon. Many are unknown…
FREE Camping (must have a festival wristband)
Electric Hookups for RVs are available 918 855 0978
CHANGED
| 2021 Annual LABOR DAY WKND Sept 3, 4, 5 2021 WHAT: |
Three days and nights, Three stages, indoors and out… 35 bands, over 200 musicians, workshops, kid’s village, bar-b-que. The signature event of the D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum & OBHOF we fondly refer to the Fest a the ‘world’s largest back yard party’ and it is a fun time that attracts some 3,500 people to the historic rural Black Township Rentiesville, the birthplace and home of OK Blues Legend and founder D.C. Minner. His grandmother Miss Lura opened the Cozy Corner here in 1936 when D.C. was one year old. MORE INFO get on the email list CLICK HERE |
| WHEN: | Labor Day Wknd, Fri Sat Sun 5 pm til 5 am each night. |
| WHO: | a showcase of 22 regional groups and 5 nationally acclaimed headliners. We are a family friendly event with two outdoor stages and lots for kids to do throughout the three day Including Free Harmonica Lessons and Harmonica on Sunday at 7:30 in the Kid’s Village Festival.
Plus the Juke Joint which goes after hours indoors (21 only) |
| What’s Cool, What’ Not: | Bring chairs or blankets unless you come early. No coolers or pets or arms or carry in drinks or food. |
| HOW MUCH: | Tickets are $18/day at the gate (about $1.50 a band!) KIDS under 12 FREE! Volunteers FREE! |
| CONTACT: | (918) 855-0978 selbyminner@gmail.com, www.dcminnerblues.com, 103020 D.C. Minner St (Rentiesville) Checotah OK 74426 facebook: Rentiesville Dusk til Dawn Blues Festival |
| Volunteer Option: | It takes a lot of people to do this – we have a great deal for volunteers! The Volunteer Option: help us out for 3 hours, get your $18 for that day BACK and ½ off on a T-shirt! Get here shortly after the gates open at 4 to be assured of getting a shift. You pay your way in and come to headquarters just inside the gate. Many jobs available… parking lot, survey, pop sales etc. You may want to volunteer the week of the festival before it starts..call 918 855 0978. Otherwise, just show up! |
MOTELS: Muskogee is 17 miles north of here, straight up US 69. Newest motels are near the Quick Trip at the Shawnee Bypass intersection. The Fairfield Inn, LaQuinta and Studio 6 and Day’s Inn will treat you right. for all the info go to: MUSKOGEE MOTELS: http://www.visitmuskogee.com/visiting/where-to-stay/?utm_source=G+Fest&utm_campaign=7cc03b3ebf-
F.O.Rentiesville Blues Inc., does the event as does Selby and OBHOF and Volunteers
lots of Jam sessions in Rentiesville … Party every FIRST SUNDAY of the month from 4 pm on in Rentiesville at the Blues Club In April we will start back with WEEKLY Jam Sessions!
We are 70 miles W of Fort Smith, 70 miles SE of Tulsa 125 miles E of OKC …we are 2 exits N of I-40 up US 69….918 855 0978. 
Berry Harris OBHOF inductee … Family Farm turned venue – Oklahoma’s most authentic Juke Joint created by D.C. Minner, born on the spot. . . raised here in his Grandma Lura’s Corn Whiskey House first opened in 1936 when D.C. was one year old. This Blues Legend used to like to say he went from the ‘house of shame’ to 6 halls of fame! he actually morphed the place from Miss Lura’s Cozy Corner INTO the Oklahoma Blues Hall of Fame. Click to see> PHOTOS of Inductees OBHOF 2016 for the wall Certificates Complete OBHOF 2016
Selby and her slide guitar tells Rentiesville story:https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=417252397972&set=vb.820502972&type=2&theater
Alice April catches the Minner Band – Selby and Dan Ortiz – at the festival click to see> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azata5jRcB0&feature=youtu.be 
Induction Postcard….refrigerator magnet …..Selby inducts Freddie Lee Rice at Rentiesville OBHOF Please check www.facebook.com/SelbyMinnerBand for band info and gig updates HOW to FIND US: http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.2339….do NOT use GPS… try mapquest for Rentiesville or the above link…Google maps…. . .
We are 70 miles W of Fort Smith, 70 miles SE of Tulsa 125 miles E of OKC …we are 2 exits N of I-40 up US 69….918 855 0978. 
The Exhibit went to Connors Library in Warner… nice write up This exhibit became the beginning of the D.C. Minner Rentiesville Museum…. one of D.C. ‘s dreams coming true! 
check this out! East Central Oklahoma Electric gives FOR Blues Inc a check for AC!!! and for a new COMPUTER!~~!Thanks EOCE!!! Thanks for your support! All input welcome! Selby Minner F.O.R. Blues Inc. (918) 855 0978 
The Festival is Labor Day Weekend
please click thru and see Rentiesville BLUES FESTIVAL for Fest details
DUSK TIL DAWN 
BLUES FESTIVAL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSGSo_Ykdf4 see RENTIESVILLE BLUES FEST link
This WEB site was built by Selby Minner with TREMENDOUS ASSISTANCE from Mike Stewart available at 770-826-3662. 770-888-2276. He will help you own your own domain and everything!
Volunteering is the ultimate exercise in democracy. You vote in elections once a year, but when you volunteer, you vote every day about the kind of community you want to live in.
– Marjorie Moore – and we love our volunteers! Impossible without them . . . and our sponsors too!